LEADER 02654nam 22005053 450 001 9910160353203321 005 20250104110031.0 010 $a9780307958204 010 $a0307958205 035 $a(CKB)3710000001025464 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6108522 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6108522 035 $a(OCoLC)1051097716 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002574149 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001025464 100 $a20210901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlack Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space 205 $a1st ed. 210 $d2016 210 1$aWestminster :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (207 pages) 311 08$a0-307-95819-1 311 08$a0-307-94848-X 327 $aWhen black holes collide -- High fidelity -- Natural resources -- Culture shock -- Joe Weber -- Prototypes -- The Troika -- The climb -- Weber and Trimble -- LHO -- Skunkworks -- Gambling -- Rashomon -- LLO -- Little cave on Figueroa -- The race is on. 330 $a"In 1916, Einstein became the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves: sounds without a material medium generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Now, Janna Levin, herself an astrophysicist, recounts the story of the search, over the last fifty years, for these elusive waves--a quest that has culminated in the creation of the most expensive project ever funded by the National Science Foundation ($1 billion-plus). She makes clear the how the waves are created in the cosmic collision of black holes, and why the waves can never be detected by telescope. And, most revealingly, she delves into the lives and fates of the four scientists currently engaged in--and obsessed with--discerning this soundtrack of the universe's history. Levin's account of the surprises, disappointments, achievements, and risks of this unfolding story provides us with a uniquely compelling and intimate portrait of the people and processes of modern science"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aGravitational waves 606 $aBlack holes (Astronomy) 615 0$aGravitational waves. 615 0$aBlack holes (Astronomy) 676 $a522.68 686 $aSCI033000$aSCI055000$aSCI067000$2bisacsh 700 $aLevin$b Janna$01215571 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910160353203321 996 $aBlack Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space$92808757 997 $aUNINA